Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2000 14:37:24 -0800 (PST) From: Kris Kennaway <kris@hub.freebsd.org> To: Bjorn <bahl@privat.utfors.se> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: i82802 Random Number Generator Patch Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0001081435520.34545-100000@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <38774917.10525B2D@privat.utfors.se>
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On Sat, 8 Jan 2000, Bjorn wrote: > Anyway, I've writting a small patch to enable the thermal noise random > number generator found in the i82802 (i82810). > > It breaks the /dev/random semantics slightly as the bitpool never run > out of fresh bits. Not really - /dev/random is just not guaranteed to always have bits available. This looks intriguing, though I can't test it since AFAIK I don't have one of those :-) Kris To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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